Colorado Springs weather: Mostly sunny with high near 58 on Sunday

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A snow-capped 14,115-foot Pikes Peak towers over Brad Fiala as he rides the Lori Cohen Memorial 5k Trail in Pulpit Rock March 14 during his lunch hour. The trail was finished last fall and is named after Dr. Lori Cohen who died in 2014 from breast cancer. The Lori Cohen Charitable Trust was created after her passing to improve the arts and trails in the Colorado Springs area. ( The Gazette, Christian Murdock)

Weather in the Colorado Springs area is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 58 according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo.

A north-northeast wind around 5 mph will be present, shifting southeast later in the afternoon. A 10 percent chance of thunderstorms will be present after 5 p.m. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Rain showers, with high elevation snow, will continue over and near the higher terrain through morning, with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible across the higher terrain this afternoon, as an upper-level trough slowly exits the Rockies. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to locally 2 inches will be possible across the higher terrain, generally above 10,000 feet. The main risk from any thunderstorm would be lightning.

Here is the full forecast from the National Weather Service:

Monday:  A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Sunny, with a high near 73. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71 degrees. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming south-southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday:  Sunny, with a high near 79. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

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